http://www.tzuzeku.com/ On Being Virtual - World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, Age of Conan, EVE, and Other MMORPG Adventures en Copyright 2011 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:58:11 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.tzuzeku.com/eve-online/new-eve-character-creator.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/eve-online/new-eve-character-creator.html Eve Online Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:58:11 +0000 soundManager.url = '/swf/'; // directory where SM2 .SWFs live // soundManager.useHTML5Audio = true; soundManager.useFlashBlock = false; soundManager.debugMode = false; function playit( file ){ var path = "/audio/"; var mp3 = path + file +".mp3"; soundManager.play(file,mp3); } One of my... http://www.tzuzeku.com/age-of-conan/tortage-town-crier.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/age-of-conan/tortage-town-crier.html Age of Conan Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:45:28 +0000 As a True Blood fan, I cannot think a bit of virtual nudity out of bounds. As I invite you to see, Tzuzeku long ago bared all, dancing in the Treasury of the Ancients. So, here, Yennifer with the... http://www.tzuzeku.com/age-of-conan/yennifer-on-the-beach.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/age-of-conan/yennifer-on-the-beach.html Age of Conan Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:41:46 +0000 Sisters of the Forsaken: A Harem Guild of Age of Conan, formerly of Bane, now on Cimmeria - RP-PvP Sisters, We Are All Forsaken! Resolve to follow the most difficult, narrow paths of peace in lands at war. Respect... http://www.tzuzeku.com/age-of-conan/sisters-of-the-forsaken-cimmeria.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/age-of-conan/sisters-of-the-forsaken-cimmeria.html Age of Conan Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:49:26 +0000 The Landroval brood is settling in. Raulito recently purchased 3 Brookbank Street in Tormo’s Hop. Tanzan (Darkyn) has also moved into the neighborhood at 2 Pleasant Street. Hope to meet some of our neighbors, one day. Here, we immigrants... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/tormos-hop-landroval.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/tormos-hop-landroval.html Lord of the Rings Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:00:14 +0000 hello Was intending a bit of LOTRO this evening Likely have level 10 present for your littlest one. I’d like to say, “If she moves her virtual butt a bit to get there,” well, let’s say, “like, real soon.”... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/intending-lord-of-the-rings-this-evening.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/intending-lord-of-the-rings-this-evening.html Lord of the Rings Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:57:59 +0000 No, just the shocking sight of an actual Hobbit actually taking a casual swim in the Baranduin (Brandywine) River. Just imagine! Why would she do that? And for pleasure. What’s wrong with that Margarita? Indeed, few Hobbits had ever... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/shark-shark.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/shark-shark.html Lord of the Rings Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:56:26 +0000 http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/landroval-hearts-tarts.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/landroval-hearts-tarts.html Lord of the Rings Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:50:00 +0000 Beansidhe is my newly appointed Ambassadress to Landroval. Can’t really afford much to play here, but ready to swell the numbers at interesting events. Say hey if you see her.... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/landroval.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/landroval.html Lord of the Rings Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:48:47 +0000 Hello from Beannighe When I fantasize about improvements to LOTRO, I imagine a more contemporary character creator/editor with far greater modeling control over one’s avatar’s face and body than was typical when LOTRO was launched. Nevertheless, LOTRO’s avatars have... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/in-your-face.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/in-your-face.html Lord of the Rings Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:46:57 +0000 Going where the climate suits my clothes… Beannighe was running through Middle Earth and suddenly the scene reminded me, brought memories of many a Northern California coastal hike, long, long … oh no! three and a half decades ago!... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/going-down-the-road.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/going-down-the-road.html Lord of the Rings Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:43:23 +0000 Belitil stops to survey the skies from Weathertop. This morning it was raining outside my window, later raining in Michel Delving, and right now it looks like more rain from atop Weathertop. Nice view though. Nice to pause and... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/looks-like-rain.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/looks-like-rain.html Lord of the Rings Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:41:34 +0000 Captain Chaitra in her Temper-Crafted Elven Armor. I’ve always been a great believer in spoiling my avatars, fighting in the lap of luxury every step of the way, even if it means leveling slowly, and working the crafts and... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/spoiled-rotten.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/spoiled-rotten.html Lord of the Rings Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:39:23 +0000 Whose are those hoof beats in the night? The steeds of strangers out upon the road. Elves! Elves! The Elven folk are moving. Everywhere, across the world. Shutter the windows, close the door. Huddle close to wonder. What strange... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/some-are-born-to-endless-night.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/some-are-born-to-endless-night.html Lord of the Rings Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:37:57 +0000 A recent on-site review has confirmed the danger. Thorin Hall Advisory #D45F00 The growing consensus among workers and builders and experts of every sort, excepting Dwarven, of course, as expressed to most every Elven Council that has heard evidence... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/thorin-hall-safety-advisory.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/thorin-hall-safety-advisory.html Lord of the Rings Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:32:06 +0000 Riding back into these parts after a week or so dabbling in other incarnations, in other worlds, which foul places shall remain nameless. But I am, proud to say, starting to get this down, after so many years. If... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/riding-back.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/riding-back.html Lord of the Rings Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:29:29 +0000 Tzuzeku wearing her Hobbit Kindred, Mathom Long-Sleeved Tunic. Carrying their blasted pies, running their ever-late mail, forwarding - with enthusiasm! - their interminable, infernal bickering and busybodying, these all serve the cause. But the surest, easiest, fastest route to... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/into-the-hearts-of-hobbits.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/into-the-hearts-of-hobbits.html Lord of the Rings Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:25:49 +0000 Perfectly natural for Dwarfs. Acceptable if one’s a Hobbit. As for Men, it’s well established that men have no taste, no discretion, no concern for anything other than immediate survival and the passing pleasures that make theirs the most... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/just-say-no.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/just-say-no.html Lord of the Rings Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:20:48 +0000 Boudika as graphic novel heroine. Swimming around Lake Evendim and racing just about everywhere else, trying to get the 4th of my 30ish elves to 35 and both their Yule mounts before the festival ends.... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/swimming-for-it.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/swimming-for-it.html Lord of the Rings Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:18:09 +0000 Psst… Don’t tell Freney, here in the Bree Auction Hall, but the reason for his underlying edginess, that uncertain queasiness he sometimes feels, is that as one of only two male avatars I’ve ever created in any MMORPG, his... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/hanging-by-a-thread.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/hanging-by-a-thread.html Lord of the Rings Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:16:01 +0000 Sometimes, when one steps really hard on an image, something unexpected suddenly looks back, and one has to just pause and take it in. What is it? Who is it? An expression, a mood. Someone one knew, someone one... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/stepping-hard-into-the-looking-glass.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/stepping-hard-into-the-looking-glass.html Lord of the Rings Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:14:33 +0000 Still looking for one that talks.... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/a-horse-is-a-horse-of-course-of-course.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/a-horse-is-a-horse-of-course-of-course.html Lord of the Rings Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:12:57 +0000 Both the reading child and diehard post-structuralist in me delight in finding and losing ourselves in the images and animations of imaginary readings of imaginary texts strewn throughout the virtual world of Lord of the Rings. Hardly surprising, as... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/desire-in-language.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/desire-in-language.html Lord of the Rings Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:10:45 +0000 Naturally, the problem with posed action shots, assuming one is capturing them oneself, is that they are best taken while shooting small and helpless prey, which, lest they detract from the general illusion of prowess and courage one wishes... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/shooting-the-small-and-helpless.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/shooting-the-small-and-helpless.html Lord of the Rings Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:08:41 +0000 To my thinking, the most enjoyable aspects of Lord of the Rings Online open up once one lets loose the idea of the optimal, the ideal, the best one can and supposedly ought to do. Especially with multiple avatars... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/cooking-among-the-hobbits.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/cooking-among-the-hobbits.html Lord of the Rings Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:55:41 +0000 Happy New Year from Nan Ellui... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/happy-new-year-2010.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/happy-new-year-2010.html Lord of the Rings Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Once in a Blue Moon....... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/belitil-by-moonlight.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/belitil-by-moonlight.html Lord of the Rings Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:59:59 +0000 A feast has been prepared…... http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/new-years-eve-2009.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/lord-of-the-rings/new-years-eve-2009.html Lord of the Rings Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:59:58 +0000 Yes, it's sadly, simply true that I've always had a thing about games. They long precede and have survived literature, the novel, in my life. Games are a bit reptilian, in that way. Naturally, after writing that, I had to... http://www.tzuzeku.com/virtual-marketing/ive-always-liked-games.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/virtual-marketing/ive-always-liked-games.html Virtual Marketing Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:41:15 +0000 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren,... http://www.tzuzeku.com/warsong/test.html http://www.tzuzeku.com/warsong/test.html Warsong Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:50:13 +0000